Marjorie Schipper Bowden

Marjorie Schipper Bowden passed away on Friday, January 17, 2014. She was born on April 15, 1921 in Ogden, Utah to William and Phennie Schipper. She and 4 sisters were raised in Sparks, Nevada. They used to joke that they had a women’s basketball team. After graduation from Sparks High School, Marjorie moved to Ogden Utah, where she went to nursing school at the McKay Dee Hospital. While in her nurses training, she met Archie Bowden and they fell in love. Marjorie and Archie both joined the Navy, she as a nurse and Archie became a Navel Fighter pilot. Their courtship often was a long distance one, being stationed at different locations. Marjorie’s favorite assignment was at Balboa Navel Hospital, where she lived in the area which is now the San Diego Zoo. They were married on February 16, 1945 in the Salt Lake City Temple. After the war, she was released from active duty and they moved to Chicago, Illinois where Marjorie was a nurse for several hospitals and Archie went to Podiatry School. While in Chicago, their first child, Diane was born. After Chicago they moved to Provo, Utah, where they both became very involved in the community. While in Provo, they were blessed with three more children, Gwen, Brent and Mark. Marjorie was always taking care of people and spent countless hours using her nursing skills to care for the ill. Marjorie was very involved in the LDS Church where she served in many different callings from Relief Society president to different callings in the Primary. She had a great love for children and always enjoyed her callings in Primary. Archie and Marjorie served a mission at the St. George Visitor’s Center. She also served for 17 years in the Provo Temple. She was blessed with 4 children, 19 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild. She was a wonderful mother, grandma, and great-grandma.

At the time of her death, she was living in Jamestown Assisted Living Center. Her family would like to thank the staff there for the kind and dignified care they gave her at the end of her life.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at the Berg Drawing Room Chapel, 185 East Center Street, Provo, Utah. Friends may call one hour prior to services. Interment will be in East Lawn Memorial Hills, Provo, Utah. Condolences may be sent online at www.bergmortuary.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the LDS Church Missionary Fund.